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After four days of seeing the sights in Manhattan, I decided to cast my net wider and caught the East River Ferry to Brooklyn. It didn't take long for my fondness of this area to grow—its architecture, style, pace of life and welcoming vibe made it easy. I soon put the camera up to my eye and began to document the scenes that stood out to me the most.

This post looks into just some of the lessons that street photography inevitably teaches you whilst you're out on the street. Lessons that could ultimately benefit other areas of your life. Whatever your definition of street and whatever your definition of a good street picture might be, the way it affects and impacts those that choose to shoot it is universal. And so we should celebrate the lessons that this art form gives us over and over again. Read on for those that I have picked up on, and see if any resonate.

With a camera slung over my shoulder, I hit the streets of Lisbon one January morning to see what I might discover. In this article I detail the things that stood out to me the most that day. And as I went on to discover, it wasn't the famous sites or the top visited attractions that yearned for my attention the most - It was the simple rhythm of life taking part on Lisbon's hidden back streets, telling a story at every corner.

Through a lens it’s an easy target. Obvious. Anyone could take its picture, right? And they do. Selfies with it, shots from the viewing platform, shots from below looking up to enhance its enormity. The shot where people put their fingers in the frame to make it appear as if they are holding it up. The one where you line up your schooner of pale ale or your Old Fashioned next to it, from a café below.

I recently spent a weekend shooting and filming with English songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artist, Ed Patrick. Ed's got a golden voice and a bunch of awe-inspiring beautiful songs you'll want to leave on repeat whilst sipping on coffee from sunrise to sundown. The photos here are just a little sneak peek of what we got up to, with further images and videos to be released soon via Ed's website. Don't miss a beat - follow Ed on Instagram, Soundcloud and YouTube for all the latest updates on his upcoming EP and more.